Thursday, 20 December 2018

The Metaphorical Boat's Top Songs of 2018 - 35-31

Numbers 35 to 31 next. In this part, we've got a heartbreaking song about the Orlando shootings, a Scottish purveyor of pop-rock, a sincere cover version of one of the most notable dance records of the 90s, a project by one of the people responsible for the Hamster Dance song and Daz Sampson's Eurovision entry, and a Cork singer-songwriter who also happens to run a podcast with the artist who was #49 in this year's countdown:

About The Captain

So what can I tell you about myself? I am from Belfast. I enjoy writing about new music, which keeps me afloat. The Guardian once profiled this blog. I'm old enough to have experienced the Walkman without being retro, but not old enough to have used MySpace whilst it was still cool. I was nominated for the Sony Radio Golden Headphones Award in 2013. Caramacs and Battenberg are life affirming, and the moment some bright spark combines the two my life will be complete.